Films with Study Guide Available
- 100% Coco, Netherlands, 2017
- 303, Germany, 2018
- About a Girl, Germany, 2014
- Adama, France, 2015
- Alfie, the Little Werewolf, Netherlands, 2011
- Alive and Ticking, Germany, 2010
- Anchors Up - Boats to the Rescue, Norway, 2017
- Angels' Share, The, Great Britain, France, 2012
- Antboy, Denmark, 2013
- Antboy III, Denmark, Germany, 2016
- Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury, Denmark, Germany, 2014
- Arthur and the Minimoys, France, 2006
- At Eye Level, Germany, 2016
- Ava, France, 2017
- Azur and Asmar, France, 2006
- Being 17, France, 2016
- Bekas (Aka: Up and Away), Finland, Iraq, Sweden, 2012
- Belle & Sebastian, France, 2013
- Belle & Sebastian, the Adventure Continues, France, 2015
- Beyond Beyond, Denmark, Sweden, 2014
- Big, Bad Fox and Other Tales, The, France, Belgium, 2017
- Billy Elliot - I will dance, Great Britain, 2000
- Birds of Passage, Belgium, France, 2015
- Bitchkram aka Bitch Hug, Sweden, 2012
- Black Mor's Island, France, 2003
- Blanka, Italy, Japan, 2015
- Blindflyers, Germany, 2003
- Blue Arrow, The, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, 1996
- Blue Tiger, The, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2012
- Bonkers, Netherlands, 2005
- Booster, Belgium, 2014
- Boy 7, Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, 2014
- Boys, Netherlands, 2013
- Brendan and the Secret of Kells, Ireland, France, Beluim, 2008
- Butterfly, The, France, 2002
- Captain Sabertooth and the Lama Rama Treasure *, Norway, 2014
- Cat in Paris, A, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, 2010
- Catch that Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Center of My World, Austria, Germany, 2016
- Christmoose Story, A, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, 2013
- Cloudboy, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, 2017
- Colour of Milk, The, Norway, 2004
- Combat Girls, Germany, 2011
- Come Along, Slovenia, 2016
- Contest, The – To the Stars and Back, Denmark, 2013
- Crocodiles, Germany, 2009
- Day Will Come, The, Denmark, 2016
- Death of a Superhero, Ireland, Germany, 2011
- DESMOND & THE SWAMP BARBARIAN TRAP, Sweden, 2006
- Diary of Anne Frank, The, Germany, 2016
- Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, Norway, Germany, 2014
- Dragon Girls, Germany, 2013
- Dryads - Girls Don't Cry, Norway, 2015
- Eagle Hunter's Son, The, Sweden/Germany, 2009
- Eep!, Netherlands, 2009
- Eleonore's Secret, France, 2009
- Elina – As if I wasn’t There, Sweden, Finland, 2002
- Enclave, Serbia & Germany, 2015
- Ernest & Célestine, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2012
- Eskil & Trinidad, Sweden, 2013
- Ethel and Ernest, Great Britain, Luxembourg, 2016
- Fanny's Journey, Belgium, France, 2016
- Fiddlesticks, Germany, 2014
- Fidgety Bram, Netherlands, 2011
- Fighter, Denmark, 2007
- Finding Friends, Norway, 2004
- Finn, Netherlands, Belgium, 2013
- Fly Away Home, Austria, 2016
- Fortune Favours the Brave, Germany, 2016
- Fox and the Child, The, France, 2007
- Gilbert's Grim Revenge, Norway, 2016
- Ginger & Rosa, Great Britain, 2012
- Giraffada, France/Germany/Italy/Palestine, 2013
- Girl Down Loch Änzi, The, Switzerland, 2016
- Girl in Flight, Italy, Switzerland, 2017
- Girl, the Mother and the Demons, The, Sweden, 2016
- Girlhood, France, 2014
- Girls Lost, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Going to School, Denmark, 2016
- Gold Digger, Finland, 2016
- Goodbye Berlin, Germany, 2016
- Gordon and Paddy, Sweden, 2017
- Great Bear, The, Denmark, 2011
- Heartstone, Denmark, Iceland, 2016
- Heartstrings, France, 2016
- Heaven will wait, France, 2016
- Heavysaurs, Finland, 2016
- Heidi, Germany, Switzerland, 2015
- Help! I'm a Fish, Germany/ DK/ IR, 2000
- Hobbyhorse Revolution, Finland, 2017
- Horizon Beautiful, Switzerland / Ethiopia, 2013
- Horse on the Balcony, The, Austria, 2012
- Hotel True Love, Netherlands, Germany, 2017
- House of Magic, France, 2013
- I Am William, Denmark, 2017
- Ice Dragon, The, Sweden, 2012
- Idol, The, Great Britain, Palestine, The Netherlands, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, 2015
- Ikingut, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, 2000
- In the Forest of Huckybucky, Norway, 2016
- Incredible Story of the Giant Pear, The, Denmark, 2017
- Indian, The, Netherlands, 2009
- Invisible Boy, The, Italy, 2014
- Italian, The, Russia, 2004
- Jack, Germany, 2014
- Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, France, Belgium, 2013
- Jack's Wish, Netherlands, 2015
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Germany, 2018
- Kauwboy, Netherlands, 2012
- Keeper, Belgium, Switzerland, France, 2015
- Kidbusters, Denmark, 2017
- Kidz in da Hood, Sweden, 2006
- King Laurin, Germany, 2016
- Kirikou and the Sorceress, France, 1998
- Kirikou and the Wild Animals, France, 2005
- Labyrinthus, Belgium, 2014
- Lamb, France, Ethiopia, Germany, Norway, Qatar, 2015
- Land of Mine, Denmark, 2015
- Leaps & Bounds, Norway/Sweden/Germany, 2007
- Lilly's Bewitched Christmas, Germany, Austria, 2017
- Little Big Girl, Denmark, 2002
- Little Gangster, Netherlands, 2015
- Little Ghost Laban, Sweden, 2007
- Little Lion, France, 2012
- Little Nicholas, France, Belgium, 2008
- Little Robbers, Latvia, Austria, 2008
- Little Wing, Finland, 2016
- Liverpool Goalie, The, Norway, 2010
- Lola on the Pea, Germany, 2014
- Long Way North, France, Denmark, 2015
- Los Bando, Norway, Sweden, 2018
- Lost in Africa, Denmark, 2010
- Lotte from Gadgetville, Estonia, 2006
- Luis and the Aliens, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, 2018
- Microbe and Gasoline, France, 2015
- Mike says Goodbye, Netherlands, 2012
- Milo, Netherlands, 2012
- Minoes, Netherlands, 2001
- Misa Mi, Sweden, 2003
- Miss Impossible, France, 2016
- Mister Twister / Class of Fun / , Netherlands, 2012
- Molly Monster aka Ted Sieger's Molly Monster – The Movie, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, 2016
- Monster Calls, A, Spain, USA, 2016
- Moomins and the Winter Wonderland, Finland, Poland, 2017
- Moon Man, Germany, France, Ireland, 2012
- Mother, I Love You, Latvia, 2013
- Mountain Miracle – An Unexpected Friendship, Germany, Italy, 2017
- Mr. Frog, Netherlands, Belgium, 2016
- Mune: Guardian of the Moon, France, 2015
- Mustang, France, Turkey,Germany, Qatar, 2015
- My Giraffe, Netherlands, 2017
- My Life as a Zucchini aka My Life as a Courgette, France, Switzerland, 2016
- My Skinny Sister, Sweden/ Germany, 2015
- Mystery of Green Hill, The, Croatia, 2017
- Neukölln Unlimited, Germany, 2010
- New Kid, The, France, 2015
- Next Door Spy, Denmark, 2017
- No Network, Iceland, 2007
- Not Without Us, Germany, 2016
- Offline – "Are You Ready for the Next Level?" , Germany, 2016
- On the Sly, Belgium, France, 2011
- On the Way to School, France, 2012
- One-Way Ticket to Mombasa, Finland, 2002
- Only a Day, Germany, 2017
- Operation Arctic, Norway, 2014
- Oskar's America, Norway, Sweden, 2017
- Owls & Mice, Netherlands, 2016
- Paddington Bear, Great Britain, 2014
- Pasta Detectives 2, The / Rico, Oskar and Heart-Breaking, Germany, 2015
- Pasta Detectives 3, The, Germany, 2016
- Pasta Detectives, The, Germany, 2014
- Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King, The, Germany, 2017
- Pettson and Findus – A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship, Germany, 2014
- Pettson and Findus – Best Christmas Ever, Germany, 2016
- Phantom Boy, Belgium, France, 2015
- Pitbullterje, Norway, 2005
- Ploddy the Policecar on the Case, Norway, 2013
- Pride, Great Britain, 2014
- Princess Lillifee, Germany, 2009
- Queen of Niendorf, Germany, 2016
- Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg, Germany, 2017
- Race, The, Ireland, Germany, 2009
- Rafiki, Norway, 2009
- Rain Children, The, France/South Corea, 2002
- Rat King, Estonia, Finland, 2012
- Rauf, Turkey, 2016
- Raven the little Rascal – The Big Race, Germany, 2015
- Red Like the Sky, Italy, 2005
- Regret!, Netherlands, 2013
- Respect, Norway, 2008
- Revolt (aka Sons of Norway), Norway, 2011
- Rhubarb, Netherlands, 2014
- Richard the Stork, Germany, Belgium, Norway, 2017
- Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk, Finland, 2016
- Robby & Toby’s Fantastic Voyager, Germany, 2016
- Rock My Heart, Germany, 2017
- Room 213, Sweden, 2017
- Rosie & Moussa, Belgium, 2018
- Run, Boy, Run, Germany, France, Poland, 2013
- S.O.S. – Summer of Suspense, Norway, 2008
- Sami Blood, Sweden, 2016
- Sea of Silence, NL, B, DK, Germany, 2003
- Secret Society of Souptown, Estonia, Finland, 2015
- Secrets of War, Netherlands, Belgium, 2014
- Shamer's Daughter, The, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, 2015
- Shana – The Wolf's Music, Switzerland, Canada, 2014
- Shiverstone Castle 2, Germany, 2017
- Silent Revolution, The, Germany, 2018
- Simple Simon, Sweden, 2010
- Sing Street, Ireland, Great Britain, USA, 2016
- Sitting Next to Zoe, Switzerland, 2013
- Siv Sleeps Astray, Sweden, Netherlands, 2016
- Skellig, Great Britain, 2008
- Snow Queen, The, Germany, Finland, 2014
- Son of Rambow, Great Britain, France, Germany, 2006
- Song of the Sea, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium, 2014
- Sonita, Germany, Iran, Switzerland, 2015
- Sophie's Misfortunes, France, 2016
- Sparrows, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
- Speed Walking, Denmark, 2014
- Spot and Splodge, Sweden, 2011
- Storm – Letter of Fire, Netherlands, 2017
- Strawberry Days, Sweden, Poland, 2016
- Strong as a Lion, Sweden, 2002
- Strongest Man in Holland, The, Netherlands, 2010
- Supa Modo, Germany, Kenya, 2018
- Swagger, France, 2016
- Swallows and Amazons, Great Britain, 2016
- Taking Chances, Belgium, Netherlands, 2011
- The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter, Germany, 2016
- There's only one Jimmy Grimble, Great Britain, 2000
- Three Robbers, The, Germany, 2007
- To See the Sea, Czech Republic, 2014
- Tomboy, France, 2011
- Tommy's Inferno, Norway, 2005
- Tomorrow Will Be Better, Poland, Japan, 2011
- Tongue Cutters, Norway, 2017
- Tony 10, Netherlands/Germany, 2012
- Totally True Love (former title: Jørgen + Anne = Sant), Norway, Germany, 2011
- Tough Guys, The, Norway, 2013
- Trigger, Norway, 2006
- TRIO – The Hunt for the Holy Shrine, Norway, 2017
- Tsatsiki - Friends Forever, S / N / DK, 2001
- Turn Me On, Goddammit!, Norway, 2011
- Twigson (Knerten), Norway, 2009
- Up in the Sky, Sweden, 2016
- Wadjda, Germany, Saudi-Arabia, 2012
- Wallay, France, 2017
- Ways to Live Forever, Spain, Great Britain, 2010
- We Are the Best!, Sweden, 2013
- We are the Pirates of the Roads, Finland, 2015
- We Can Be Heroes, Sweden/Denmark, 2002
- We Shall Overcome, Denmark, Great Britain, 2005
- What Will People Say, Norway, 2017
- Where is Winky's Horse?, Netherlands, Belgium, 2007
- Windstorm and the Wild Horses, Germany, 2017
- Winky's Horse, Netherlands, Belgium, 2005
- Your Beauty is Worth Nothing ..., Austria, 2012
- Zarafa, Belgium, France, 2011
- Zozo, Sweden, 2005
The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
English title: The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
Original title: Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen
German title: Timm Thaler oder Das verkaufte Lachen
Germany, 2016
Director: Dresen, Andreas
Production company: Constantin Film, Rolize
Co-producers: ZDF, ARRI Media, B.A. Produktion, Trixter & Cinemendo
Age recommendation: 6 years and up
Length: 102 min.
Film genre: Feature film
Synopsis:
Timm Thaler is poor, but he laughs a lot, and often. His laughter is so charming and contagious that the diabolical Baron Lefuet wants, at all costs, to have it for himself. And so the world's richest man makes the boy a dubious offer: if Timm agrees to sell him his laugh, he'll win every bet he ever makes in the future. After hesitating at first, Timm signs the contract. But though he can now seemingly fulfill his every wish, without his laugh, he is a different person. Of all of Timm's friends, only Ida and Kreschimir continue to stick with him. Together they hope to rescue Timm from the clutches of the baron and, through a clever trick, win back his his inimitable laugh.
Marketing strategies:
Based on the novel by James Krüss.
Festivals:
Kino Kino CFF Zagreb 2017 (awarded), Golden Sparrow Gera & Erfurt 2017, Schlingel Chemnitz 2017 (awarded), Cinemagic Belfast 2017, Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet 2017, Kinderfilmfest Muenster 2017, Chicago CFF 2017 (awarded), Juniorfest Plzen 2017, KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf 2017, Kinofest Lünen (awarded), Ale Kino! Poznan 2017, Seattle CFF 2018 (awarded), JEF Antwerp 2018, KiKiFe Schwäbisch Gmünd 2018, Stockholm Junior 2018
Study guide: German
World sales address/es:
Beta Cinema (D)
Sold to:
Constantin (DE)